EP1504430A4

System and method for inferring an electronic rendering of an environment

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A system and method for inferring an electronic rendering ( 170 ) of an environment ( 110 ) comprises a plurality of devices ( 341 and 345 ), and a processing device. Each wireless device is capable of determining a distance between a neighboring wireless device. Moreover, each device is capable of performing at least one of the following: determining an environmental attribute of the environment, and determining a location of an object in the environment. The processing device gathers information determined from the plurality of devices and infers the electronic rendering of the environment based on the information gathered.

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DE20117446U1	Cites	Germany	Y	Search report	4
US5173932A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	3
NICULESCU D ET AL: "Ad hoc positioning system (APS)", GLOBECOM'01. 2001 IEEE GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE. SAN ANTONIO, TX, NOV. 25 - 29, 2001, IEEE GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, vol. VOL. 5 OF 6, 25 November 2001 (2001-11-25), pages 2926 - 2931, XP010747393, ISBN: 0-7803-7206-9	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–

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14525302	United States of America	A	2002-05-14
0313611	United States of America	W	2003-05-01

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US2003214397A1	United States of America	A1	2003-11-20
WO03098572A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2003-11-27
AU2003225266A1	Australia	A1	2003-12-02
CN1533559A	China	A	2004-09-29
EP1504430A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2005-02-09
EP1504430A4This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2005-10-26
US7064660B2	United States of America	B2	2006-06-20
EP1504430B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2007-06-20
AT365357T	Austria	T	2007-07-15
ATE365357T1	Austria	T1	2007-07-15
PT1504430E	Portugal	E	2007-07-31
DE60314514D1	Germany	D1	2007-08-02
ES2287471T3	Spain	T3	2007-12-16
DE60314514T2	Germany	T2	2008-02-28
CN100407236C	China	C	2008-07-30

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System and method for inferring an electronic rendering of an environment

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